Goalball
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal. countable, uncountable
"And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street."
- 2 The ball used in the sport. countable
Example
More examples"And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street."
Etymology
From goal + ball.
Related phrases
More for "goalball"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.